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entirely absent on the middle disk. Elytra three times the length 

 of the thorax, parallel on the sides, their apices conjointly sub- 

 acutely rounded ; above transversely convex , slightly flattened 

 along the suture, each elytron with eleven regular rows of 

 large deep punctures, the first row next the suture short and 

 not extending below the anterior fourth of the elytron ; inter- 

 spaces obsoletely thickened near the apex. Thighs robust, sligh- 

 tly curved towards the apex. 



Closely resembling A. rufa in form, but its thorax is much 

 less closely punctured; it is also much paler in colour. 



11. Anisodera propinqua, n. sp. 



Elongala, modice convexa, dorso panilo depressa, picea, subnitida, 

 subtus nitida, pedibus, postpectore antennisque nigris; thorace sub- 

 quadrato, lateribus obtuse rotundatis, ante medium leviter sinuatis; 

 dorso utrinque longitudinaliter excavato, punctis magnis rotundatis, 

 ad basin et ad latera crebre, disco mediali minus crebre et irre- 

 gulariter dispositis, impresso; elytris regulariter punclato-striatis , 

 interspatiis duobus, uno discoidali, altero subhumerali, totis, aliisque 

 nonnullis ad apicem, elevatis; femoribus robustis. Long. 6-7 Un. 



Hab. Tenasserim : Thagatà , Meetan, Plapoo. 



Clypeus transversely grooved immediately behind the anterior 

 margin, its disk smooth impunctate, the longitudinal ridge obso- 

 lete ; mouth black, the palpi fulvous ; antennae filiform , rather 

 more than half the length of the body, the six lower joints 

 nitidous, the rest opake. Thorax scarcely broader than long; 

 sides very obtusely rounded, slightly but distinctly sinuate be- 

 fore the middle, the anterior angle with a short acute tooth; 

 upper surface longitudinally excavated on either side, closely 

 covered on the sides and base with large round punctures, middle 

 disk more distantly punctured. Elytra parallel on the sides, re- 

 gularly rounded conjointly at their apices; above convex, very 

 slightly flattened along the suture, covered with regular rows 

 of large deep punctures, the first row, next the suture, short; 

 near the lateral margin and at the apex the punctures are less 



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